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Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources

ESG and Sustainability Advisory >

These are often Board-level matters that demand a sophisticated grasp of both the legal framework and the underlying commercial realities. Our extensive experience in ESG-related risk mitigation, compliance, enforcement, and litigation enables us to provide holistic counsel—covering ESG disclosures, associated legal and reputational risks, and the design of tailored ESG strategies, programs, and targets. By integrating regulatory insight with business pragmatism, we help clients reduce exposure while strengthening long-term sustainability performance.

Environmental Litigation >

The most important legal strategies are those that not only win cases but also protect long-term business and reputational interests.

Our Environmental Litigation practice is built on a record of successfully resolving high-stakes disputes involving environmental regulation, contamination, natural resource use, and ESG-related enforcement. We represent clients in administrative proceedings, civil litigation, and appellate matters across multiple jurisdictions, often in cases with significant regulatory, financial, and reputational implications. Leveraging deep knowledge of environmental law and industry operations, we develop litigation strategies that not only defend against claims but also protect our clients’ long-term business interests.

Environmental Compliance & Permitting >

Clients choose us for the confidence and trust we provide in navigating environmental compliance and permitting, streamlining approvals, and protecting projects from regulatory and enforcement risks.

We guide clients through the full spectrum of environmental compliance and permitting requirements, helping them navigate complex regulatory landscapes with confidence. Our team advises on permitting strategies for new projects, expansions, and operational changes, ensuring alignment with local, national, and international environmental standards. We work proactively to identify compliance gaps, mitigate enforcement risks, and streamline regulatory approvals—whether for air and water emissions, waste management, hazardous materials, or land use.

Conventional & Clean Energy Transition >

The energy sector is expanding, with global consumption surging and consumer demand shifting towards sustainability and innovation.

As demand intensifies, organizations need to be aware of the legal aspects of the complex energy transition. We advise clients of all sizes on everything from renewable and low carbon energy, energy storage, carbon sequestration and storage, cleantech, power purchase agreements, tax monetisation and transfers of tax credits, to mining and oil and gas. By thinking laterally and using our global experience, we easily solve problems for our clients.

Quick fixes won’t cut it in today’s complex energy industry; our clients need compelling solutions across all project phases. By supporting them from strategy and ideation to financing, construction, and operations, and acquisitions and dispositions, we simplify complexity, helping them drive their projects forward with confidence.